Short Biography of Annie Dillard

Annie Dillard was born April 30, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  She developed her interests young and as a child she took painting classes, was constantly exploring, and loved to read books.  She lived in Pittsburgh until college where she attended Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia.
In 1968 she graduated from school, and began to spend her time writing.  It was only six years later that her Pulitzer Prize winning nonfiction narrative, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek was published.  Since then Annie Dillard has published many more works including poems, essays, novels, and  her own memoir.  Annie Dillard's last novel, The Maytrees, was published in 2007 and since then she has hidden from the public light, admitting that she can no longer write.


Dillard Quote:
“There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. A life of good days lived in the senses is not enough. The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less; time is ample and its passage sweet. Who would call a day spent reading a good day? But a life spent reading -- that is a good life.”
― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life

For a more in depth biography, visit:
http://www.anniedillard.com/biography-by-bob-richardson.html

This biography was written by Dillard's husband, Bob Richardson.